Good news there is that nothing around here takes more than 20 minutes to drive to and there are actually some really great dining options near your work (in West Allis, near west suburb). The generically named Schezuan Restaurant and Antigua (latin 'fusion') are two of my favorites. Lots of asian business over there in general.major wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2025 11:35 am I like drinking, record stores, and food (in that order). I won't have a whole lot of free time but I'm pretty good about carving out some me time (work trip).
I can pretty much stay wherever I want. Working in West Milwaukee, but I will have a car.
The best neighborhoods to find stuff to do are Bay View, Riverwest, Walkers Point, and East Side roughly in that order. Acme is probably the best record store for this crowd (consult Instagram first for their somewhat erratic hours), but Rush Mor, Lilliput, and Bullseye are cool too. There's a place in Riverwest simply called We Buy Records that's fun if you have a couple hours to get your hands dirty (literally): the type of place where you can still find $5 records.
Drinking is just too hard to narrow down unless there's something specific. Tiki bar? (Foundation) Bio Wine? (Voyager or Non-Fiction) Japanese Whiskey? (the aforementioned Wiggle Room listening lounge). Truly fancy coctails? (Agency). Otherwise you can pretty much trip over places to get New Glarus or Lakefront stuff (including the massive Lakefront Brewery I suppose). You can buy beer in fuckin' book stores and cafes here.
Some more general stuff: the art museum is very good. The Mitchell Park Domes are good to kill an hour. I've heard very good things about the Public Museum but still haven't been. These are all good winter-y options.
